Syracuse, N.Y-
The Syracuse University women's basketball team (8-1) used a tremendous rebounding advantage to pull away for a 70-37 win over Canisius (4-5) on Tuesday night at the Carrier Dome.
While the No. 19/22 Orange had a lower shooting percentage (30.9%) than the Golden Griffins (33.3%), a season-high 67 rebounds, including 37 offensive boards, helped create more than enough chances to win. Sophomore Bria Day had a career-high 11 rebounds in 16 minutes.
"It feels good," said Briana Day, Bria's sister who contributed eight rebounds in 13 minutes, of Bria's performance."She really does work hard every day in practice. For her to come out to show that on the court. it’s really good for her."
Syracuse had 26 second-chance points in the game. All but Tiara Butler, who only logged three minutes, on the team grabbed at least two rebounds. Cornelia Fondren had nine, including six offensive rebounds.
While the No. 19/22 Orange had a lower shooting percentage (30.9%) than the Golden Griffins (33.3%), a season-high 67 rebounds, including 37 offensive boards, helped create more than enough chances to win. Sophomore Bria Day had a career-high 11 rebounds in 16 minutes.
"It feels good," said Briana Day, Bria's sister who contributed eight rebounds in 13 minutes, of Bria's performance."She really does work hard every day in practice. For her to come out to show that on the court. it’s really good for her."
Syracuse had 26 second-chance points in the game. All but Tiara Butler, who only logged three minutes, on the team grabbed at least two rebounds. Cornelia Fondren had nine, including six offensive rebounds.
"As for our rebounding, that was phenomenal,"Coach Quentin Hillsman said. "Obviously getting 67 rebounds in the game was tremendous.It got our kids a lot of effort for going after every miss. We boxed out to get on the glass on the defensive end."
In the first four minutes and 44 seconds of the game, the Orange collected 12 rebounds, eight of which were offensive. Eight of its 10 points came from second chances, giving the Orange a 10-5 lead.
The rest of the game went just like that. The Orange had an advantage in height when 6-foot-4 Briana Day and Bria Day competed with the Golden Griffins' 5-foot-10 forwards Crystal Porter and Jasmine Mungo. The two Canisius starters finished the game with six rebounds combined. Canisius had 31 rebounds. The Orange outscored the Golden Griffins in the paint, 30-12.
In the first four minutes and 44 seconds of the game, the Orange collected 12 rebounds, eight of which were offensive. Eight of its 10 points came from second chances, giving the Orange a 10-5 lead.
The rest of the game went just like that. The Orange had an advantage in height when 6-foot-4 Briana Day and Bria Day competed with the Golden Griffins' 5-foot-10 forwards Crystal Porter and Jasmine Mungo. The two Canisius starters finished the game with six rebounds combined. Canisius had 31 rebounds. The Orange outscored the Golden Griffins in the paint, 30-12.
"It was just us going,"Hillsman said. "Because if you have a height advantage and you are not being aggressive in the paint, it doesn't matter."
Peterson sparks
Guard Alexis Peterson scored a team-leading 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting. She made her first four three-point attempts and went 4-of-5 from behind the arc.
Peterson sparked the Orange early in the game with three consecutive three-pointers in a 15-0 run. She dished out six assists, including and four in from the second half.
"They started to close me out a little bit more," Peterson said."I wanted to get my teammates involved."
Junior guard Brianna Butler had 15 points, but she went 2-of-10 from three-point range. Fondren added 10 points.
Up Next
After a four home game winning streak, the Orange will travel next o the Florida Sunshine Classic in Orlando. The first game against Baylor will begin at 7 p.m on Friday and the second against Michigan State at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
"We are very excited for this trip," Peterson said. "It is a great opportunity to play two very good teams. We are a great team ourselves. We just want to go out there and compete as hard as we can and play together. This is a great opportunity for us and our program."
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